Gloria Hunniford was born on 10th April 1940 in Portadown,
County Armagh and is a TV and radio presenter and the mother of the late
Caron Keating. Gloria attended Portadown College from 1952 to 1955 where
she obtained her Junior Certificate. In the 1970s and 1980s she was the
presenter of "Good Evening Ulster", "Sunday Sunday" and "We Love TV". She
was the first woman to have her own daily radio show on BBC Radio 2, starting
off with the lunchtime show, before moving to the early afternoon slot in
1985 where she remained for 10 years. She also hosted "Sounding Brass",
a phone-in request programme with a live brass band. She has won several
prestigious awards, including TV Personality of the Year, Radio Personality
of the Year and a Lifetime Achievement Award, and has an Honorary Doctorate
from Queen's University Belfast.